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Dave Davies

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Rock

Dave Davies is a Rock act. Their sound grew out of The Smithereens and Duane Eddy. Those roots explain a lot about how Dave Davies arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Slade, Mott the Hoople, Sweet, Faces and The Yardbirds, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Doors, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Dave Davies, reaching back through The Smithereens and forward to The Doors. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Dave DaviesThe SmithereensDuane EddyThe DoorsSladeMott the HoopleSweetFacesThe YardbirdsManfred MannBadfingerJames Gang

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Dave Davies connections

Dave Davies grew out of The Smithereens and Duane Eddy, shares an orbit with Slade, Mott the Hoople, Sweet and Faces, went on to shape The Doors. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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